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CD RW drives

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MIGhunter

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I am building a new PC and using an old DVD rom from the previous computer. But I don't have a RW drive. Should I just put the DVD rom in the old computer and get a DVD-CD-RW combo drive? or should I just get a CD-RW drive. I looked at this one but don't know much about them. I don't want a DVD-RW because then I can't make CDs for my car (I think). Thanks for the help.
 
I personally own a Plextor 24/10/40a I like it but i paid extra since i was buying a plextor since its a name brand.. i paid about $140
about a year ago...

You could go with a lite-on which is about half as expensive as a plextor and just as reliable... as for that yamaha i prefer buying an ultra fine point sharpie and labeling cds myself...

* shurgs *


-Storm
 
Originally posted by: MIGhunter
I am building a new PC and using an old DVD rom from the previous computer. But I don't have a RW drive. Should I just put the DVD rom in the old computer and get a DVD-CD-RW combo drive? or should I just get a CD-RW drive. I looked at this one but don't know much about them. I don't want a DVD-RW because then I can't make CDs for my car (I think). Thanks for the help.
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i'd skip the hole dvd/cdrw combo drive unless you are running out of bays. Prolly not an issue here since you are building a new computer. Get yourself a burner to compliment that dvd drive. liteon make decent drives but if you want the king of drives, i have the plextor 40x12x40a EIDE drive. It smokes and it's quiet. Under EAC secure rip, i've achieved about 14x rips. Also, if the drive goes bad and is still under warranty, they jsut send you a new drive. I bought mine online and they didn't ask any questions when it clunked out of order. I got my new drive in a week or so. While i was waiting for this drive, i went and bought a memorex 40x12x48 CDRW for 60 USD and it burned great. It was loud but for 60 bucks it was not have a drive at all. Plus, i used it, went back and got a new one and looking to sell it.
 
The part that impressed me about the Yamaha was that it is a 44-24-44 drive. I haven't seen too many 24 RW drives. Most are 10, some are 12, but 24?
 
yeah i saw that .. but would you really use it? i never use cdrws and finding media that suports 24x RW is a bit hard at the moment.
 
MIGhunter, please enable PM's. 😀

And also, a DVD+RW will do you fine. They can write normal CD-R's, if you didn't know.

You might do well, to pick up a DVD+RW drive, or a DVD-RW drive. Either one's OK.

The only problem is that most are limited to 12X/10 rewrite though. 😀
 
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